Business Post Podcasts

In the first episode of season three, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, and member of an international legal team alongside Amal Clooney, discusses some of the dangers her clients face from spurious lawsuits by State actors. Gallagher discusses the case of Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro democracy campaigner, and Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist, who i...

Thomas Duffy is a farmer from Cavan in Ireland as well as an agri-environmental consultant. He has served as president of the Irish youth farming association, Macra Na Feirme, and is currently vice-president of the European Council of Young Farmers. For his policy changes, Duffy chose to implement an EU carbon border tax, to ban the below cost selling of food, and to make public transport free for...

Laura Heuston is a co-founder of the sustainability consultancy Sustainability Works. Her expertise in sustainable finance brought a unique perspective to this episode on how businesses can clean up their act and play their role in mitigating climate change. For her policy changes, Laura chose to bridge  the language gap between sustainability experts and the corporate world, to distinguish betwee...

Jim Scheer has broad and detailed understanding of Ireland's energy system, working as he does developing Ireland's energy statistics and creating insights for the government to use in the energy transition. For his policy changes, Jim proposed speeding up clean energy infrastructure projects, slowing down our high energy lives, and supporting local communities in climate action and building clima...

Diarmuid Torney is Associate Professor School of Law and Government DCU and one of Ireland's leading experts in climate governance and climate law. For his policy changes, he chose to fully equip the state to deliver climate action, to improve climate education, and to embed environmental justice in policy making. For his personal changes he discussed flying less and buying local produce with litt...

Sustainability is now the buzzword in transport and Brian Caulfield is one of Ireland's leading experts in the area of sustainable mobility. He is an associate professor at the department of civil, structural and environmental engineering and is producing a high volume of research that is directly informing Ireland' shifting transport policy landscape. For his policy changes, he chose a cross part...

Holly Cairns is a Social Democrats TD for Cork South West who was raised on a small farm in west Cork. For her policy changes, Holly proposed taking a science led approach to agricultural policy, moving away from dairy intensification, and incentivising afforestation and horticulture. For her personal changes, Holly spoke about getting involved in politics and buying locally grown food. 

Bríd Smith is a People Before Profit TD for Dublin South Central whose political activism has resulted in successful campaigns against oil and gas exploration in Ireland and the proliferation of data centres. For her three policy changes, Smith chose to ban data centres, stop new fossil fuel infrastructure, and make public transport free. For her personal change she spoke about cycling more and re...

Oisín Coghlan joins Daniel Murray to share his Five Degrees of Change. This discussion includes policy proposals such as setting fair sectoral emissions targets, reducing energy demand and making schools centres of climate action. Oisin's personal changes include decarbonising his family life and joining his local climate action group.

Sheila Willis, president of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (and former director of Forensic Science Ireland) joins the podcast to discuss the dangers of forensic evidence and how miscarriages of justice may be avoided. Neville Cox, professor of law in Trinity College Dublin, speaks about defamation, the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial, and the so-called 'Wagatha Christie' case. Our hosts...

Sinéad Gibney, chief commissioner with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, joins the podcast to discuss whether Ireland's equality laws are fit for purpose and how the State's decision to fight issues it eventually concedes is a drain on resources. The podcast also hears from Deirdre Malone, head of EY Law Ireland's employment team, who discusses remote working and whether moves by com...

Philip Lee, partner and executive chairman of Philip Lee LLP. Lee, discusses his career as a solicitor and the principal of a well known firm. He also addresses issues such as the split legal profession, personal injuries litigation, and whether judicial review impedes societal progress. Also on this episode: we discuss Johnny Depp's defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard and the best and...

Michael O'Doherty, barrister and co-founder of VIP Publishing, joins the podcast to discuss internet law and proposed legislation to combat harmful online content. Stephanie Lord, legal and policy officer with the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), explains why a review of the civil legal aid system is urgent in the wake of the pandemic. We also discuss cases concerning employment law, and pending...

Linda Cullen, chief executive of COCO Content (makers of First Dates Ireland) and co-director of The 34th: The Story of Marriage Equality in Ireland, and Sarah Durcan, associate director of Science Gallery International and a lead organiser of the Waking the Feminists movement, discuss their careers and the roles they've played in working towards a more equal Ireland. Plus Valéria Aquino, integrat...

Rachael English, co-presenter of Morning Ireland on RTE Radio One and bestselling novelist, and Zara King, news correspondent with Virgin Media and co-host of The Group Chat podcast, join the podcast to discuss journalism in the modern age. Plus Louise Campbell of recruitment agency Robert Walters offers tips on asking your employer for a raise. #HowIDidIt is sponsored by Glandore.  Hosted on Acas...

Frank Clarke, senior counsel and former Chief Justice, joins the podcast to discuss the legal system after his term in office. Fiona Carroll of the Law Reform Commission explains why the Law Reform Commission is seeking to revoke several historical proclamations. Plus: when is a window not a window? A court case taken by developer Johnny Ronan's real estate group in connection with Dublin's Bewley...

Internet misinformation, female entrepreneurship and 'squiggly careers' are all up for debate in this new episode of #HowIDidIt with Áine Kerr, co-founder of Kinzen, and Máirín Murray, co-founder of Tech for Good Dublin. Plus Sarah Geraghty, senior training consultant with the Communications Clinic in Dublin, joins the podcast to discuss the art of CV preparation and how to ace that job interview....

Frances Fitzgerald, MEP for Dublin and former tánaiste, and Joan Burton, former tánaiste and ex-leader of the Labour Party, discuss the failings of Irish politics and the need for future change, and communications consultant Susan Keogh offers tips on the art of public speaking. #HowIDidIt is sponsored by Glandore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman, joins the podcast to discuss the cases she investigates and how her 20 years as a journalist in Ireland previously has informed her role. As war in Ukraine continues, the hosts speak to Aonghus Kelly, of Irish Rule of Law International, who explains the law of when a country can invade another sovereign state, and the mechanisms for punishing war crimes. Also on...

Ambition, leadership, sacrifice and sexism are all under discussion in our new episode with Linda Doyle, Trinity College Dublin provost, and Mary McAuliffe, historian and director of the gender studies programme in University College Dublin. Lorraine Murphy, executive coach, also offers advice on networking.  #HowIDidIt is sponsored by Glandore.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Conall Bolger, chief executive of the Irish Solar Energy Association, gives his Five Degrees of Change, including scaling up solar energy, aiming for 100 per cent renewable electricity on the grid, and empowering citizens to reap the benefits of DIY energy production.

Lynn Boylan is a Sinn Féin senator with a background in environmentalism and experience working in Europe as an MEP.  For her Five Degrees of Change, Boylan spoke about lowering the voting age to 16, making ecocide a crime, exiting the Energy Charter Treaty, making space for nature in her garden, and trying to use her car less. 

Ed Brophy worked as a government advisor to three different Irish governments over the last decade, with a front row seat to inner workings of a our political system. He has a unique insight into the state managing crises, as he was present for the fallout of the financial crash, the consequences of Brexit and most recently the pandemic. Brophy's Five Degrees of Change included making climate chan...

Michelle Ní Longáin, the new President of the Law Society, joins the podcast to discuss her plans. English barrister Paul Marshall tells us about hundreds of criminal convictions that may have arisen from a computer error. We discuss recent case law, and how courts can establish whether handwriting has been forged. Law on Trial  is presented by Peter Leonard BL, Mark Tottenham BL, editor of  Decis...

Hannah is one of Ireland's leading energy analysts. She has become a regular feature of radio and newspaper media as Ireland has begun to wrestle with the scale of the energy transition that lies ahead. For her Five Degrees of Change, Hannah chose to install safe walking and cycling infrastructure near schools, to divise a national land use and food production strategy, to set a national curriculu...